Uta Lenk
Germany
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The German Constitution, the
"Basic Law" opens with a general declaration that humans' rights are
inalienable, "Die Würde des Menschen ist unantastbar," before
spelling out individual universal human rights that are the foundation of
German law and order. In these days, as millions of people are leaving their
home countries in flight from war and poverty, it seems that humans'
inalienable rights are losing ground as well-off industrial nations are closing
their borders against the poor. Playing around with the arrangement and
directions of the letters that make up the words is a symbolic act of protest
against political tendencies. In its helplessness, it resembles my state of
mind when looking at what is happening in the world today. We are losing sight
of the basic foundation of what makes us human.
Machine pieced, machine
quilted
Hand-dyed cotton fabric
What a powerful piece.
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